FORT COLLINS — As wildfires scorch the Western Slope, Coloradans may consider the air quality in different parts of the state before spending time outside this weekend.

Research shows that particulate matter spread into the air during wildfires is harmful to humans. But, is the same true for dogs?

That's the question a new study being conducted at Colorado State University (CSU) aims to answer .

"Dogs do really different things. Some of them are couch potato dogs. Some of them are, you know, Colorado adventure dogs. And so their exposure to pollutants is sometimes so variable," said Dr. Colleen Duncan , a professor of veterinary medicine at CSU, who is working on the new research.

To combat that variability among dogs, Duncan explained that this research depends on the detailed hea

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